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Christian Benteke also withdrew from international duty with Belgium with a knee injury, and Hodgson is set to be asked for an update on him, and Aaron Wan-Bissaka, who was not involved for England's U21 side as they beat Latvia on Tuesday night.

Hodgson is also set to be asked about his options for the game, with summer signings Cheikhou Kouyate and Max Meyer pushing for starts after impressing off the bench in the Eagles' last match.

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Meanwhile, Hodgson is also likely to face questions about Palace's opponents, who currently sit 17th in the table with two points from their opening four matches of the season, after draws with Cardiff City and Everton prior to the international break.

Our Eagles correspondent Robert Warlow is at the club's training ground in Beckenham for the press conference, and you can follow what Hodgson has to say in our live blog, below.

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Statistics.

A lot of statistics are for betting and I am probably the wrong man to be asking.

13:49

Statistics

You do look at statistical evidence, but I don’t pay attention to shots at goal, shots at target. Sometimes you are happy for a team to have a shot on target, but sometimes you can be on tenterhooks thinking that could be a goal against us. We don’t count it as a shot on target when it hits the post. If I was ever really going to want a detailed statistical analysis, I would look at all of those things.

13:48

Statistics

That is quite a recent thing, and I don’t know who coined the quote ‘lies, damned lies’ but I have a lot of sympathy with that when it comes to statistics sometimes.

13:47

Converting chances

There are so many people probably saying the same thing. That is what football is about. Creating chances and taking them. Statistics can become facts as well, but there is often a falsity sometimes with a statistic put forward as a fact. There is often more beneath it all.

13:46

Performance

With that kind of performance [against Southampton], with or without Wilf, we might not have won that game.

13:46

Big call

You are reliant on the medical staff, and the player in his desperation to play, will want to do so. We have to live with the situation and the statistic without Wilf. I would like to see the performances in those games though. We miss Wilf and all want him to play, but we don’t believe our only chance is if he plays.

13:45

Zaha - good recovery?

He has trained today and that is quicker than we might have expected with the prognosis. It was nice to see him out there today. We will have to see how tomorrow pans out before we decide how we play on Saturday.

13:44

Standard

We know the standard we have to reach in terms of performances to get results. We have been unlucky against some top teams, but that can happen.

13:43

The start and results

Results we have had, Watford have had such a good start. At the moment, we can’t regard them as a team in the same area as us at the moment. We have played well against some of the top teams. I don’t personally subscribe to the theory we can only do it against the bottom teams. We have been close against the top teams, and we are capable of giving those performances.

13:42

Comparing to a year ago

Comparisons are difficult. Memory fades and the longer you go on, the more magical the past can seem to be. I would like to think we have made steady improvement with the people we have brought in, but we must never take our eye off the ball. No god given right to win matches. The squad we have got is fully aware of that. There will be the odd game, like the Southampton game, where we will feel we could have gone better.

13:40

Huddersfield

They are tough games against Manchester City and Chelsea. This is a home game against team in the same area. They will be doing all they can to get the three points. We have to show we are as anxious to get the three points.

13:39

Wan-Bissaka

Coach made an awful lot of changes for the second game. A lot of ones that played in the first were rested in the second. He is fine. He enjoyed his call up and the game.

13:38

Connor Wickham

He is making some progress, but he hasn’t trained with the team for about a month. He may return to training in a week or two. But he has had injuries and he is not someone I am used to seeing on the training ground.

13:37

Huddersfield

There are only very few clubs in the league who can be confident and strong enough to think they could not be in a battle. The second season syndrome people talk of is a factor, but everyone has to watch out. They will know where they are and what they need to do.

13:37

Huddersfield

It was an excellent job that he and his staff did, being underdogs and staying in the league. The second season is difficult, but so is the third, fourth and fifth season. If you aren’t going forwards, you are going backwards.

13:36

The crowd.

It has to be a two-way thing. You can’t expect crowds to pull you through difficult moments unless you are giving something to relate to.

13:35

Holmesdale Fanatics - have the players noticed a change?

They haven’t talked about it, but any change in the atmosphere could also be down to us not galvanising the crowd with our play. I hope there will be a resolution and I know the club is working towards that. We do have a very good fanbase, and we always feel we have the support where it is all about the club.

13:34

Huddersfield last season

Had we lost that game it would have put us in a much more perilous position, but it was a good performance, a disciplined performance. We were well organised and it was one of those to feel proud of as a coach.

13:33

Meyer and Kouyate

We have been happy with them, and Jordan Ayew. They are ready at any moment to go in, but the other players have been doing a good job. But you have to perform every week if you are to keep your place.

13:32

Getting results without Zaha

I said that at the last press conference. Until such time as we do win a game, Wilf can sit there knowing he is the man we need to play. The other players have no desire to accept that a game is a lost cause without him, but until they do win a game, I can’t say it is nothing but a fact.

13:31

Benteke

He has a niggling knee injury and that is an ongoing issue. He won’t be available for Saturday, but there is no timescale on that at the moment.

13:31

ZAHA

First training session today, it was debatable if he should train, but he wanted to. The same with James Tomkins, and we will have to wait until tomorrow to see if they will be able to play.

13:30

Has it gone better than expected?

I thought even in the blackest moments there might be light at the end of the tunnel. We have improved, but there is a long way to go and we are in a very competitive league.

13:29

The year in charge

I don’t know if it has gone quickly, but I have enjoyed it and being back working on a daily basis. You get a chance to work on your principles much more. It has gone quite quickly, but also quite smoothly.

13:28

Here we go then

Roy is here.

13:27

Happy memories

Palace’s last trip to the John Smith’s Stadium back in March ended with a 2-0 win. Can the Eagles repeat the feat on Saturday?

13:25

Five minute warning

We are expecting Roy Hodgson here in about five minutes time. So get your cup of tea ready and sit back to follow our coverage of today’s pre-match press conference.

13:21

What's on the agenda

I expect Roy Hodgson to be asked about the latest team news, including updates on injuries to James Tomkins, Christian Benteke and of course, Wilfried Zaha.

Also expect questions on Aaron Wan-Bissaka after he was not involved for England’s U21 side on Tuesday.

There should also be questions on Huddersfield, Roy Hodgson’s first year in charge, how he assesses the start to the season, and how crucial the next run of games are for the Eagles.

13:16

The timings

The Eagles boss will be speaking to the media at 1.30pm, so stay with us for all the latest from the pre-match press conference.

13:15

Welcome

Hello and welcome to our coverage of today’s press conference as Roy Hodgson faces the media ahead of this weekend’s game at Huddersfield Town.